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Pittsburgh Is Going Driverless

Laura Bliss at CityLab: In what would be an industry milestone, the Steel City will welcome Uber’s first autonomous ride-sharing vehicles this month.

Bloomberg <a href="http://www non prescription viagra.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-08-18/uber-s-first-self-driving-fleet-arrives-in-pittsburgh-this-month-is06r7on”>reported Thursday that the ride-hailing behemoth Uber will roll out passenger-ready autonomous vehicles in the city of Pittsburgh later this month. Customers summoning regular Ubers from their phones will be randomly assigned to one of a fleet of tricked-out Volvo SUVs, capable of driving without human assistance.